Arequito is a town (comuna) in the south of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, 248 km (154 mi) southwest from the provincial capital and 90 km (56 mi) west of Rosario. It has a population of about 7,000 inhabitants as per the 2001 census [INDEC].The town was founded initially as a waystop (posta) by Braulio Areco in 1778. He ended up using a diminutive of his surname because there were already two postas de Areco in Buenos Aires (Carmen de Areco and San Antonio de Areco).